Does games live up to their value

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Nope. Most of the time it's better to just wait for a price drop. I think patient gamers are the biggest winners when it comes to value. Very rarely do I think a game is worth full price, and I won't buy a new game unless I can get a super great deal on it.

Dunno if you chose the phrasing on purpose, but there is a subreddit dedicated to the idea: https://www.reddit.com/r/patientgamers

I don't spend as much time gaming these days. I'm married, and I've got a long commute, so when I'm at home the wife takes priority, then chores, then gaming. I do get in a dota game or two every other week, though.

The upside of this is that I'm still busy enjoying GTA V that I got for my birthday just before release. I've only spent about R500 on games this past year, all on Steam sales, so my backlog is still growing! I've completely turned into a patient gamer. So I'll be playing Witcher 3 and Batman in about a year's time, when I've got a newer pc, and I'm very, very okay with that.

[Weasley]

I used to buy my games on release, but these days I cannot afford it. I feel with MMO's with subs I don't get my money's worth anymore. So I have stopped them completely. Then GW2 is releasing their expansion and they are selling it and the original game for the same price of the expansion = which I refuse to pay. I now buy all my games during steam sales since I have such a backlog that I dont need or want the latest games just yet. But weirdly enough I am finding more and more I get more satisfaction from games such as Hero Siege and D3 that was not to expensive and if I take the fact that I have over 500 hours in D3 the value for money was awesome. Then there is Wildstar that costed me a shyte load of money and i played maybe 3 months.

Blizzard game are the only one they days that i will buy at lunch full knowing i will probably still play them in few years. Like far cry 4 i want to get it but alas my backlog is so big. I have few other games i want to finish before getting far cry 4 like that batmans i have and bioshocks and even maybe borderlands 2.

[DarthMol]

I think the one thing you need to avoid when assessing a games value is to automatically assume hours of play directly translates into value. I have found some shorter games to be incredibly valuable because of the experience they provided versus just giving me hours of padding.

More on topic, I tend to follow Soup's principle. These days I never buy a game at release and rather pick it up on sale at a later stage. The thinking is why pay top price for earleir access when I've got more than enough games already to keep me busy for the next year or two until the price is heavily discounted. It helps that I'm no longer into the whole annual release multiplayer franchises.

[Tom]

It helps that I'm no longer into the whole annual release multiplayer franchises.

This is one thing that gets to me... I enjoy a good game if Fifa every now and then... But do i seriously have to fork out another 7-800 bucks every year for the new one?

I agree pretty much with what Beo said, if i get 10 hours + out of a game im extremely happy... R80.00 per hour of entertainment is really not a lot to ask for... And if i look at a game like The Last of Us, (nearly finished), Iv gotten an incredible amount of value out of it...

[Dohc-WP]

i think games with replayability lives up to their value eg. sports, fighting games, dance/music & racing games etc. (they're the type of games you can never really finish)

story driven titles in my opinion only get played once or twice by most gamers (apart from a chosen few)

[matt]

I never buy games at launch anymore, there's always a lot of older games that I haven't played yet that are way cheaper, and that can keep me busy until the price drops on the new games as they become a little older. And it's often just a case of waiting a few months

[XbatousaiX]

It depends there are ways to lessen the blows like pre ordering or finishing your new game and trading it in on the newest release.Once I platt Batman its going on the chopping block towards Mgs5 phantom pain.I just dont feel the need to hang on to my games anymore except driving games I play them for years.

Also ps+ has actually created a backlog for me and I really enjoy those type of "indie" games.

[Stefan9]

Yes because generally stick with long rpgs with lots of replay value or with mmorpgs. Each of them easily meets or exceeds their retail value. I tend to stay clear of the short games/genre.